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philosophybits · 3 months

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To achieve great things, we must be self-confined: mastery is revealed in limitation.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Selected Poetry

#philosophy #quotes #Johann Wolfgang von Goethe #Selected Poetry #limits #limitation #creativity #art

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beljar · 2 years

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What is Self? The sharp edge of the sword! What is the Self? Life’s innermost mystery! It is the whole of creation waking up, to see! Self’s drunk upon others but enjoys solitude, it is the ocean that a drop all it does include.

Muhammad Iqbal, from Iqbal: Selected Poetry (first published in June 28, 2013)

#muhammad iqbal #pakistani literature #the self #solitude #books and reading #literary text #books and libraries #quotes #world literature #dark acadamia aesthetic #classic literature #selected poetry #classic poems

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feral-ballad · 1 month

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Ama Codjoe, from Bluest Nude: Poems; “Bluest Nude”

[Text ID: “I crave. I want to be seen clearly or not at all.”]

#ama codjoe #excerpts #writings #literature #poetry #fragments #selections #words #quotes #poetry collection #typography

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wordedarchive · 1 month

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It was April and she was the saddest thing under the sun.

Khush Bakht via wordedarchive

#quotes #selections #fragments #excerpts #poetry #light academia #writer #sad quotes #mood quotes #poetic

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secrets-i-whisper-to-the-moon · 2 months

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Bilal Al-Shams, Sacrifice

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mournfulroses · 6 months

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Mahmoud Darwish, from "In the Presence of Absence," originally published in 2006

#lit #mahmoud darwish #poetry #longing #words #poetry in translation #writings #selections #fragments #p

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firstfullmoon · 5 months

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the asian american writers’ workshop just published 16 love poems by poets of palestinian heritage that were featured in the anthology we call to the eye & the night edited by hala alyan & zeina hashem beck

#GREAT selection #w #poetry #poetry compilation #from the river to the sea

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soracities · 7 months

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